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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wantuz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑn.tuz/

Noun

*wantuz m

  1. glove, mitten

Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *wantuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wantuz *wantiwiz
vocative *wantu *wantiwiz
accusative *wantų *wantunz
genitive *wantauz *wantiwǫ̂
dative *wantiwi *wantumaz
instrumental *wantū *wantumiz

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *wantu
    • Old Frisian: *want, *wont
    • Old Saxon: *wantu
    • Old Dutch: *want
    • Old High German: wantus
    • → Medieval Latin: wantus, gantus, guantus (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: vǫttr, vǫntr
  • → Proto-Finnic: *vant'us (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Samic:
    • Northern Sami: fáhcca
    • Southern Sami: vaanhtse

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 573
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